In the early 20th century there was this anarchist idea about the propaganda of the deed. I think there is a way in which you should and can understand the Trump administration as operating often through propaganda of the deed. The Trump administration is an administration of spectacle, and I’ve heard it sometimes described as reality TV administration. We can point to times when the United States didn’t get approval of the U.N. Security Council. We can point to times when it blatantly lied about what it was doing.

Source: International New York Times January 13, 2026 15:01 UTC